by (in alphabetical order) John Garrett Clawson, Cassie Davis, Reynaldo De La Garza, Katie Floyd , Sarah Pollock
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A variety of scenarios can be analyzed to better understand the fiscal impacts of different eligibility requirements and take-up rates. While levels of per-student spending vary between Independent School Districts, the estimates below utilize the anticipated 2017 state average of $10,371 (CPPP Villanueva, 2016). This figure is comprised of both state and local spending per student; the proportion of the total per-student spending coming from the state also varies between districts as poorer ISDs receive a greater fraction of their funds from state disbursements.The state would expect to save 20% of this total for each public school student that left the system with an ESA (given that they do not participate in special education, in which case the state saves no money). However, the state would lose money for every student that participated that would have never enrolled in a public school without the presence of the program. The figures below are produced by multiplying the number of non-public school students by $8,296 (80 percent of the average per-student expenditure). The estimates assume that the hypothetical Texas program is similar to the Nevada program and has no enrollment cap.
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Sandra Chereb. “Nevada Supreme Court Strikes Down School Choice Funding Method.” Las Vegas Review-Journal. September 29, 2016.
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S.B. 1363 Fiscal Note, Arizona 51st Cong. Schimpp, Steve. (2013).
S.B. 2695, Mississippi 114th Cong. (2015).
S.B. 302, Nevada 302nd Cong. (2015).
S.B. 431, Tennessee 431st Cong. (2015).
S.N. 850, Florida 116th Cong. (2014).
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